Death at Lode home suspicious

WEST POINT - Calaveras County sheriff's detectives late Tuesday were investigating what the agency called a "suspicious death" at a rural home near West Point.

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By Dana M. Nichols

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By Dana M. Nichols

Posted Jul. 10, 2013 at 12:01 AM

By Dana M. Nichols

Posted Jul. 10, 2013 at 12:01 AM

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WEST POINT - Calaveras County sheriff's detectives late Tuesday were investigating what the agency called a "suspicious death" at a rural home near West Point.

The Sheriff's Office reported that emergency dispatchers got a call at 11:25 a.m. Tuesday saying that two adults had been found unconscious and bleeding in a home in the 200 block of Stanley Road.

Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Chris Hewitt said one of those people died.

By Tuesday afternoon, crime scene tape cordoned off a long gravel driveway that serves at least three homes, each on a 5- or 6-acre lot. It was not clear which house was the primary focus. Crime scene tape had been wrapped completely around one house that had a six-sided star mounted on one gable and an American flag on a pole out front.

But investigators appeared to be focusing their attention on the grounds around a larger house near the end of the long driveway.

About 5:30 p.m., investigators could be seen removing equipment cases from their vehicles, apparently preparing for an extensive investigation.

Hewitt said he anticipated that investigators would be at the scene for some time and that the Sheriff's Office might not have any additional information until today.